Emergency repair device for vehicle-springs.



n. PQPOWER. EMERGENCY REPAIR DEVICE FOR VEHICLE SPRINGS. APPLICATION FILED NOV. 10, 1908.

Patented Oct. 27, 1908.

UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFICE.

EISEERGENCY REPAIR DEVICE FOR VEHICLE-SPRING S.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Pater Lted Oct. 27, 1908.

Application filed November 10, 19 06. swam. 1442,911.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DUDLEY PIERCE Pownu, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Rivcrvale, county of Bergen, State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in. Emergency Repair Devices for Vehicle-Springs, of whic 1 the following isa specification.

My invention relates to vehicles in general and is designed to produce an emergency repair device for the body springs thereof.

In vehicles of the motor driven class, the breaking of the body springs is of frequent occurrence, owing to the great wei ht of the mechanism supported thereby an the high speed at which the vehicles are driven, regardless of the condition of the roads.

As such accidents usually result in hours of delay and other serious inconvenience, it is the object of the present invention to provide means by which abroken sprin may be temporarily repaired in a ready an convenient manner withouvrequiring the aid of skilled workmen or tools, other than an 'ordinary wrench. E

A device suitable for carr ing my.invention into effect is illustrate in the; accompanying drawings, I wish it ugderstood, however, that I do not limit myself to the exact form; construction or arrangement of parts shown, as various changes may be made therein, without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention.

In the drawings, F i are 1 is a view in elevation showing the evice applied to th; broken body spring of a vehicle of the motor driven type. Fig. 2 is a side view of the device. Fig.3 is atop plan view of the device.

4' is an enlar ed cross section thereof, and Fi 5 is a detail view of one of the clips by w iich the device is secured in'position.

Referring now to the drawings, 1 represents a portion of the frame of a vehicle on which the body and driving mechanism are usually mounted, 2 the axle-bar or an I-bar carrying the axle bearings and 3,'o'ue of the bod springs, which is interposed between the ar 2 and the frame 1, in the usual manner.

The spring restsupfin and is secured to the bar 2 by a lip 4, and has its ends linked, piv

oted or otherwise connected to the frame 1, as indicated at 5.

The arrangement of parts, as above described, is commonly employed in the design and construct-i on of Inotor vehicles and serves herein merely to illr .strare the application of my invention, whic h it will be understood, may be embodied in various other forms in order to adapt it to 'springs dilferently shaped. and mount ed.

i From experienc e and qbservation, I have found that in t1 1e majority of instances,

breaks resulting from the overstraining of body springs, oer :ur directly above the point of support or w ithin the cli by which the spring is secured to the ax c. When thus broken, the sprii 41g immediately collapses and in making a. temporary repair, it is first necessary to jar :k u the body of the vehicle, in order to rent ssem le the broken sections of the spring in the) cli which serves to hold them in line. As this may be ac'complished ordinarily with little or no difliculty, it is the chest of my invention to secure and maintain the parts thus assembled in operative relation, y uniting the broken sections in a manner to at once restore the effectiveness of the spring without greatly decreasing its resilience. For this, urpose, I employ a bar or rod 6, pro-.Eerab y of nonresilient Inc tal, which is so shaped and arranged as to bridge, straddle or otherwise extend ove'r the break in the spring. Such bar or rod is then fastenedto the spring sections at each side of the ibreak by clips 7 or other suitable means, t as efl'ectually' sccuring the leaves of the sp ing: as assembled within the axle clip. I

In order to adapt the bar to springs of difierent widths, it is provided on opposite sides with notches 8, to receive clips of a size suitable for gripping the narrowest standard width of spring in common use and terminates in upturned luggs -9, forming stop-shoulders, which coiiperai 1e with clips of the full width of the bar or wider, as shown in Fig. 1.

As a means of reducing the weight as much as possible, the bar may-b -e channeled, as indicated at 10 or otherwise liormed.

In addition to the use as abo ve described for making anemergency repair on a broken e combination with a sectional body spring and axle cli the sections of the s rin beiu assemb ed end to end within t e clip, of a non-resilient member arranged as a connection between the sections, and clamping means securing the member to the sections at opposite sidesof the clip.

I 3; The combination with a sectional body spring and axle clip, the sections of the s ring being arranged end to end within the sip, of a rigid tie-rod extending over the clip and secured to the sections.

4. An emergency repair device for uniting the broken ends of a. spring maintained in position by a clip, comprising a non-resilient member having a ortion intermediate its ends adapted to bri ge the clip, and clamp in g means securing the member to the spring.

5: An emergency repair device for uniting I the broken ends of a multiple leaf body spring, comprising means securing the leaves in assembled relation, at each side of the break, and a rigid member maintaining an end to end relation between the broken sections. t

6. An emergency repair device for uniting the broken ends of a multiple leaf body 7 leaves in assemble spring, comprisin means maintaini the relation at each si e of the break, and a non-resilient member cooperating with said means to prevent endwise movement of the broken sections.

7. A device for repairin semi-elliptic vehicle springs, consisting oi a substantially semi-elliptic tie-piece shorter than said spring, and means for fastening said tiepiece to said spring adjacent to a break in the sprin 8. A evice for repairin semi-elliptic vehicle springs, COIISiStHIgO a substantially semi-elliptic tie-piece shorter than said spring, and means for fastening said tiepiece to said s ring adjacent to a break in the spring with the curve of the tie-piece disposed revei'sely to that of the sprin 9. A device for repairin semi-elliptic tie-piece shorter than said spring and having stops near its ends, and means for engaging said stops and fastenim said tie-piece at a plurality of points to said spring ad's-cent to a break in the sprin 10. A evice for repairing semi-elliptic vehicle springs, consisting of a substantially semi-elliptic tie-piece shorter than said spring and having stops near its ends, and c i ps for engagin said stops and straddling said tieiece an spring at a plurality 0 points a jacent to a break in the spring to fasten-said parts together.

flntestimony whereof, I aflix my signature, iii the presence of two witnesses.

W. HsPUMPnnEY, M. G. CRAWFORD.

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